SuperFreakonomics: Global Cooling, Patriotic Prostitutes And Why Suicide Bombers Should Buy Life Insurance
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- Author：Steven D. Levitt
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Summary
The New York Times best-selling Freakonomics was a worldwide sensation， selling over four million copies in thirty-five languages and changing the way we look at the world。 Now， Steven D。 Levitt and Stephen J。 Dubner return with SuperFreakonomics， and fans and newcomers alike will find that the freakquel is even bolder， funnier， and more surprising than the first。
Four years in the making， SuperFreakonomics asks not only the tough questions， but the unexpected ones: What's more dangerous， driving drunk or walking drunk？ Why is chemotherapy prescribed so often if it's so ineffective？ Can a sex change boost your salary？
SuperFreakonomics challenges the way we think all over again， exploring the hidden side of everything with such questions as:
How is a street prostitute like a department-store Santa？
Why are doctors so bad at washing their hands？
How much good do car seats do？
What's the best way to catch a terrorist？
Did TV cause a rise in crime？
What do hurricanes， heart attacks， and highway deaths have in common？
Are people hard-wired for altruism or selfishness？
Can eating kangaroo save the planet？
Which adds more value: a pimp or a Realtor？
Levitt and Dubner mix smart thinking and great storytelling like no one else， whether investigating a solution to global warming or explaining why the price of oral sex has fallen so drastically。 By examining how people respond to incentives， they show the world for what it really is – good， bad， ugly， and， in the final analysis， super freaky。
Freakonomics has been imitated many times over – but only now， with SuperFreakonomics， has it met its match
Four years in the making， SuperFreakonomics asks not only the tough questions， but the unexpected ones: What's more dangerous， driving drunk or walking drunk？ Why is chemotherapy prescribed so often if it's so ineffective？ Can a sex change boost your salary？
SuperFreakonomics challenges the way we think all over again， exploring the hidden side of everything with such questions as:
How is a street prostitute like a department-store Santa？
Why are doctors so bad at washing their hands？
How much good do car seats do？
What's the best way to catch a terrorist？
Did TV cause a rise in crime？
What do hurricanes， heart attacks， and highway deaths have in common？
Are people hard-wired for altruism or selfishness？
Can eating kangaroo save the planet？
Which adds more value: a pimp or a Realtor？
Levitt and Dubner mix smart thinking and great storytelling like no one else， whether investigating a solution to global warming or explaining why the price of oral sex has fallen so drastically。 By examining how people respond to incentives， they show the world for what it really is – good， bad， ugly， and， in the final analysis， super freaky。
Freakonomics has been imitated many times over – but only now， with SuperFreakonomics， has it met its match
Reviews
Anvay
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This is a good book and an interesting read。 Some parts are good。But seems more like a movie franchise where a Part II is made to capitalize on the success of part I。 Quick and fun read if thats what you are looking for but not even close in details and analysis as Freakonomics。
Parit Boonluean
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I prefer Superfreakonomics when compare with the Freakonomics。 I really love the third chapter， explaining about the bias when collecting data， because it describes the real accident（38 people do nothing when they see the murderer killing woman）。 The authors also know how to write a book interesting that I finish it in real fast。 And the last part that give really useful examples of how to stop global warming is mind blowing！
Carly
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More interesting research in this book！
Hugo P
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Not life changing， but it encourages you to see the world in a different a way。 My one take away is that， Choices have often a ripple effect and incentives work。 I liked the book。
Elaine Jones
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Unlike its predecessor， Superfreakanomics has been a victim of time。 Many of the chapters are marred by it’s dated perspective， although the first chapter on sex work still holds true。 It’s a bit of give and take， some good and some bad。
Valter
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I quite enjoyed their first "Freakonomics" book （although its haphazard style and numerous repetitions made me lower my rating from 4 to 3 stars）。Hence I was glad to read this sort-of sequel: I thought that experience would have helped the authors in improving， right？ Wrong。- The style is still "haphazard": diverse topics are thrown in together every chapter， often with really thin lines connecting them。 It could work for a single chapter， not as well for a whole book （the first book did the sam I quite enjoyed their first "Freakonomics" book （although its haphazard style and numerous repetitions made me lower my rating from 4 to 3 stars）。Hence I was glad to read this sort-of sequel: I thought that experience would have helped the authors in improving， right？ Wrong。- The style is still "haphazard": diverse topics are thrown in together every chapter， often with really thin lines connecting them。 It could work for a single chapter， not as well for a whole book （the first book did the same）。- The Introduction has whole parts taken from the first book and copied as-is， word by word。 Honestly I've never seen such lazy authors :-o- The whole first chapter is so full of feminist bias that it should have been called "Super-Feministonomics"。 Not only it's strongly biased （something an economist should avoid， just as they did for any other topic elsewhere）， but they sometimes wrongly read the data （a real no-no for any sane economist） to support the feminist slant。 Although， in the end， they contradict themselves and admit what has been proven time and again （regarding the supposed "gender pay gap"）: women earn less not because of discrimination， but because of their own working choices。 This chapter sounds like it has been written not by an economist and a journalist， but by two lesbian radicals。Thank god this heavy feminist attitude is contained in just the first chapter （and one wonders: why， if it's so dear to the authors， they applied it to just one chapter？）。After that the book improves （although still with its usual haphazard style）， and in the last， fifth chapter it becomes really good。 Score: If the whole book was as good as the fifth chapter， my vote could have been 4 stars; as it is， 3 stars sounds about right。 。。。more
Tom Greulich
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Actually found it a bit more entertaining as the original， but the same criticism still applies
Eamonn O'Sullivan
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Interesting but somewhat haphazard
Vy Trần
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A really cool read。 This book is not just accessible but also includes various thought-provoking， borderline insane concepts ranging from prostitutes‘ economy to how people tried to combat global warming by emitting more gases。 All in all hilarious and mind-blowing。
Mimi
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Must read by everyone。 I would also recommend it to teens。
Roger
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a collection of interesting sides of the world around us。。。 the authors bring light over some obscure corners of our activities。 Showing that the best solution， our most obvious conclusion isn´t always the truth
Nam Nguyen
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cuốn sách chủ đề kinh tế học với lối kể chuyện khá thu hút。 Tuy nhiên có khá ít các khái niệm về kinh tế mà chủ yếu là các số liệu sẽ được nêu ra để chứng minh quan điểm của tác giả về một số hiện tượng kinh tế thú vị。 Phù hợp với cả những người không phải dân kinh tế。
Sony Sanjaya
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Bingung， banyak fakta aneh² yg entah perlu atau tidak dikerahui hahaha。Yg terpenting garis merahnya : "manusia bereaksi terhadap INSENTIF"。 😁 Bingung， banyak fakta aneh² yg entah perlu atau tidak dikerahui hahaha。Yg terpenting garis merahnya : "manusia bereaksi terhadap INSENTIF"。 😁 。。。more
Brianna Corleto
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This 2009 follow-up to Freakonomics was deeply interesting and educational （particularly on the topic of global warming）， albeit a little frightening to read in the context of a world that has experienced the COVID-19 pandemic。
Cláudia Pereira
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Very interesting and learn a lot， open my world to new information。 The only downside is the book is too fast passed， too much information in small chapters， jumping from one subject to another。 I wish some topics were more explored， and the book should be longer。
Ron
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Where Freakonomics was a fun and engaging read， in part due to the relative silliness of some of the subjects， SuperFreakonomics goes in a subtly different direction and addresses subject matter that I'm not entirely sure should be discussed in this particular way。 Things like 'Muslim names are a strong indicator for terrorism' and 'Global warming can be solved easily and cheaply if people would just listen to these brilliant souls' reek a bit too much of the 'we just show the facts！'-tactics em Where Freakonomics was a fun and engaging read， in part due to the relative silliness of some of the subjects， SuperFreakonomics goes in a subtly different direction and addresses subject matter that I'm not entirely sure should be discussed in this particular way。 Things like 'Muslim names are a strong indicator for terrorism' and 'Global warming can be solved easily and cheaply if people would just listen to these brilliant souls' reek a bit too much of the 'we just show the facts！'-tactics employed by populist politicians that know very well that they're cherry-picking their 'facts' for maximum impact。That being said， it was still an enjoyable read， though it's mostly more of the same after reading the original。 。。。more
Sangam Agarwal
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complete waste of time。
Marina Furmanov
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i preferred the first one。
Benjamin Rubenstein
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These "Freakonomics" books all seem a little bullshitty， but it's fine because their takeaway is that you should question conventional wisdom and， basically， question adding anything to your life before confirming you actually need to add that thing。 So it's fitting in that I question many things in this book， while also gaining valuable insight from the thing I'm questioning。。。um， what？！ These "Freakonomics" books all seem a little bullshitty， but it's fine because their takeaway is that you should question conventional wisdom and， basically， question adding anything to your life before confirming you actually need to add that thing。 So it's fitting in that I question many things in this book， while also gaining valuable insight from the thing I'm questioning。。。um， what？！ 。。。more
Jayana Padalia
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Very gripping！Absolutely un-put-downable！！
Ahmed Musa
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Keeps up the spirit of Freakonomics and is interesting to go through。
Piyush Pathak
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Really cool book， more interesting than the first and with controversial big picture topics such as global warming， incentives for prostitution， and others。 Succinct and enjoyable throughout， highly recommend。
Gus Lackner
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A pleasant way to spend an evening。
Stephanie
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This left me confused and annoyed and not at all entertained。 The unifying point seems to be “humans cherry pick data to further their own opinions - so let us spend this book cherry picking the data that tells the opposite story of most of your conventional wisdom” They don’t even draw conclusions most of the time， it’s basically them summarizing the work of scientists which。。。。 why？ They’re economists？ I dunno - maybe it’s just too smart for me
Topher
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Entertaining and well sourced， but not as dynamic or focused as its predecessor， SuperFreakonomics continues the cheeky tone of the authors and the cavalcade of offbeat stories; what's missing is the tightness of the original， the strong footprint of economics methods and memes to anchor the narratives。 This sequel feels less like popular economics and more like a debunker book， or a series of Atlanic stories， or a retreading of weaker topics that didn't make the first book's cut。 To be fair to Entertaining and well sourced， but not as dynamic or focused as its predecessor， SuperFreakonomics continues the cheeky tone of the authors and the cavalcade of offbeat stories; what's missing is the tightness of the original， the strong footprint of economics methods and memes to anchor the narratives。 This sequel feels less like popular economics and more like a debunker book， or a series of Atlanic stories， or a retreading of weaker topics that didn't make the first book's cut。 To be fair to the authors， they may be a victim of their own success - indeed they note that one juicy topic was scrapped from SuperFreakonomics on account of Malcolm Gladwell and others plowing the same ground in their own pop-culture-econ books， the market viability of which was at least partially set up by the original Freakonomics。Nonetheless， both the tone and the material have aged well， and it's interesting to consider how the ideas and issues have matured in public discourse。 The references to Boris Johnson and Nathan Myhrvold， whose public profiles would rise significantly over the next decade， were eerily prescient。 。。。more
Elise
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Great book for anyone interested in understanding how the world works just a bit better。 Not as great as the first book （sorry！） but still well worth the read。The authors cover some of the most fundamental tools and ideas used in microeconomics， like externalities and the theory of price discrimination， and still manage to make them interesting， which I appreciate as an economics student myself。
Matthias Hernandez
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This read was hilarious， and informative， like the first book。 Applying economics principles to answer seemingly absurd questions somehow makes sense。 The author writes in a style that is both relatable and easy to follow。 We get to learn a lot， which I appreciate。 I loved the story about the Budyko’s Blanket for instance。One issue with the book is how topics change abruptly for no obvious reason。 Given the stories are a bit uneven， it was sometimes boring to read。
Luís Castilho
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3。5 stars。 Just as interesting as the first one， but still too short。 Also the whole section on the environment was kind of boring。 Despite that I learned a lot of interesting observation on human irrational behavior and how many major （supposed） impossible problems had quick and simple solutions （i。e。 germ induced deaths on hospitals， by cleaning hands）。 Very cool book。
Jordan Miller
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Interesting facts and stories about all things economics。 Wide span of things going on and how they relate to today’s world。 Talks about various methods and experiments from the past as well as the future。
Chet Taranowski
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